onCue

Terms from Human Computer Interaction the Basics

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From entry onCue in glossary Artificial Intelligence: humans at the heart of algorithms

onCue was an intelligent internet interface created by a dot-com startup, aQtive. onCue used data detectors to analyse clipboard content and proactively suggest useful web and desktop actions. It is an example of a context sensitive interface. The system was deliberately design using the principles of appropriate intelligence so that it was unobtrusive when its results were not needed.

Used in Chap. 3: page 43; Chap. 7: page 102